Sadiron light



C. L. MALLOY. SADIRONLIGHT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8. 1920.

Patented July 4, 1922.

18 formed a a t CHARLES L. MALLOY, OF COALDALE, PENNSYLVANIA SADIRON LIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 8, 1920. Serial No. 387,311.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. MALLoY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Coaldale, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented'new and useful Improvements in Sadiron Lights, of which the following is b a specification.

The. object of the invention is to provide simple and eflicient means in connection with a sad iron of the electrically heated type whereby a light for the convenience of t e operator is projected downwardly upon the surface of the work being traversed by the iron at and adjacent to the point of the forward end thereof as a means of facilitating the observance by the operator of the progress of the work, the lamp feeding means being entirely independent of the heating element feeding means, so that the light may be in use when the element is out of circuit or disconnected. With these objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, a preferred embodiment of which is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1, is a side view of a sad iron embodying the light feature constructed in ac cordance with the invention.

F i re 2, is a perspective view of the ban le portion of the sad iron having the improved light equipment,

Figure 3, is a similar view of the shield or shade by which the lighting unit or globe is covered to effect the projection of the light rays in the desired direction.

The lighting equipment embodyin the invention is shown in connection wit the sad iron 10 having the usual or any preferred construction of handle supports 11 to the upper ends of which are attached extremities of a hollow handle or grip member 12 which obviously may be of any suitable non-conducting material to protect the hand of the operator from the heat which may be conveyed through the supports 11. The iron illustrated is of the electrically heated type the element of which is fed through the duplex conductor 13, supplemental to this conductor is an auxiliary duplex conductor 14 connected to a terminal plug 15, the latter being en ageable with the studs carried by a block 1 set in a transversely formed rest in a block portion 16 constituting the rear extremity of the handle or grip member 12, bolts 19 serve to secure the block 18 in the recessand their removal will permlt the removal of the block 17 for repair or for the 1nstallation of a new conductor which obviously connects with the studs earned by the block 17.

The engagement of the grip member with the upper ends of the supports 11 is effected y means of a longitudinal bolt 20 extendin through a longitudinal channel in the handle and a simllar channel 21 serves as'a seat for a conductor extension 22 which leads from the coupling member at the rear end of the grlp to the lamp socket 23 at the forward endthereof, said socket member being designed for the reception of the plug of the lamp' 24.

Secured to the forward end of the grip member is an arched shield or reflector 24 extendlng forward over the lamp or like lightmg unit and provided at its rear end w1th depending arms 25. which are arranged in straddling operation with the forward end of the grip as will be noted by comparison of F1 ures 2 and 3 of the drawings, where attac ment may be made by means of screws 26. Obv1ously when the lighting feature is not required, the shield and reflector attachment may be removed together with the llghtlng unit, and when in place the light afforded by the latter will be projected downwardly upon the point of the iron and the ad acent portion of the surface Which 1s being traversed thereby, to serve as a means of guiding the operator in directing the iron.

The invention having been described, what 1s clalmed as new and useful is A sad iron having a grip or handle formed at its rear end with a block extension which is slotted transversely, a block fitted in said slot or recess and forming one member of a coupling, bolts passing through the block extension and through the block to secure the two together, electrical connectors carried by the block, a conductor passing longitudinally through the handle member and connected with said connectors in said block, a socket mounted on the forward end of the handle and electrically connected with said conductor, a lamp carried by the socket member, a shade or reflector mounted on the handle member and disposed to reflect the light from the lamp to the surface which the iron traverses, and a terminal block removably engageable with said connectors.

In testimony whereof he affixes his signature.

CHARLES L. MALLO Y.

Patented July 4, 1922. 

